| Annual Eclipse of
the Sun: Page, Arizona, May 20, 2012 |
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| The Annular Eclipse of
the Sun on May 20, 2012 was visible from the western and
southwestern parts of the United States. Page, AZ, is
in Northern Arizona on the Colorado River. It is the
site of the Glen Canyon Dam with Lake Powell formed by
the dam. Page is only a few miles from the Utah state
line and is a departure location for trips to the Grand
Canyon, Lake Powell, Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon
National Park, and many other wonderful parks,
monuments, and vistas in Arizona and Utah. Fortunately,
it was in the center line for the Annular Eclipse, and
the weather prediction for 0% chance of rain, clear
skies, and no wind proved true.
The Eclipse was spectacular and viewed
by thousand in the Page environs. Almost the entirety
of the Eclipse was visible except its later stages when
the partially eclipsed Sun set behind mountains west of
Page.
The following images were obtained
with a Bausch and Lomb Criterion 4000 telephoto lens
(1200 mm f/12) attached to a Nikon D100 camera with
exposure times of 1/500 sec, ISO 800.
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Eclipse Montage |
Mid-"totality" |
Setting partially eclipsed Sun |
Animated Gif "video" of the Annular Eclipse.
[This is a large 1.5
megabyte file! The motion of the Sun is choppy due to poor
frame registration secondary to the images being taken from a
tripod mounted camera rather than having the camera mounted on a
clock driven system following the Sun.]
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